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Flashing Reboot problem

Dear Guru's...
I've flashed the SGS, with JS3 from samfirmware & odin...
Everything looks fine until reboot...
The phone keeps vibrating and do have the following error in recovery mode : 'Update media Can't mount dbdata..."
Conclusion it doesn't boot at all...
Any clues on how to solve that ?
ManyMany Thanks!

can u get recovery mode working ? if so try wipe cache and factory reset.

azzledazzle said:
can u get recovery mode working ? if so try wipe cache and factory reset.
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Recovery is working, But i do have the error here : " Your storage is not prepared yet etc etc etc.."
And download mode also working...
Is there any rom that I can put ?

if you can get download mode working you can flash another ROM thru Odin, start of on a stock ROM then work your way back to a custom ROM if thats what u want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913

I've got the same problem. Phone boots in both download and Recovery mode, but it cannot access internal SD since it was formatted in Ext4 by the lagfix (yes, I forgot to bring it back before using Odin).
Is there any way to solve this without sending the phone to Samsung?

azzledazzle said:
if you can get download mode working you can flash another ROM thru Odin, start of on a stock ROM then work your way back to a custom ROM if thats what u want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
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The thing is " I use a stock rom from samfirmware...."...

flashing back to stock rom should remove the ext4 lagfix. did for me anyway.
link for stock firmware is in post above ^^^^

flash it again, and do re partition

azzledazzle said:
flash it again, and do re partition
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Did that !
I'll try to do it with csc and modem file...
what is reset EFS Phone ?

I probably solved. I'm going to make a FULL flash to JPU with three files and PIT, then I'll upgrade to JS3, then will swith to a custom ROM.
This should work

sorry my mistake i assumed you already had 3 files and pit ... yeah that should work
dont tick EFS just the re partition and auto reboot f. reset time

matticala said:
I probably solved. I'm going to make a FULL flash to JPU with three files and PIT, then I'll upgrade to JS3, then will swith to a custom ROM.
This should work
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I'll also try the 3 files method...
keep posted... download takes time !

Indeed solved

HOORAY !!!! i bet your heart was pumping out your chest lol

azzledazzle said:
HOORAY !!!! i bet your heart was pumping out your chest lol
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Do you have any idea the CSC to you for last JS3 ?

should be included with the firmware u downloaded ??

azzledazzle said:
should be included with the firmware u downloaded ??
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tHERE IS JUST ONE TAR FILE???

you can flash with just one file. jus put the .tar file into the PDA part of odin. and thats all u need to do. no pit no csc no nothing just PDA

Reboot problems also
Hi! I was just wondering is this method going to work even I have custom rom (Darkys extreme edition 9.0.2) installed ?
Only asking because something went terribly wrong, and phone just keeps rebooting all the time. So with odin + I9000XXJPY (stock firmware) everything goes back to normal? and after that I can start all over to see what went wrong

isokissa said:
Hi! I was just wondering is this method going to work even I have custom rom (Darkys extreme edition 9.0.2) installed ?
Only asking because something went terribly wrong, and phone just keeps rebooting all the time. So with odin + I9000XXJPY (stock firmware) everything goes back to normal? and after that I can start all over to see what went wrong
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Edit: all worked no worries anymore

Any fix for emmc bug yet?

Hello, 2 make a long story short, I wipe data in cwm5 while on "CF-LPY KERNEL" on ICS(OFFICIAL RELEASE) . And now I can't flash stock rom from both ics & gingerbread. Keep getting stuck @ FACTORYFS.IMG in odin. And I can't access cwm5 anymore and whenever I turn my phone back on it reads " FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AND ISSUE, PLEASE GO TO RECOVERY IN KIES & AND TRY AGAIN". And kies is not recognizing my device any insight on this particular issue will help and be greatly appreciated, and one more thing, will a jtag service be beneficial in my situation or I have no choice but to get a new motherboard for my device? And where exactly can I purchase one being that I'm in the united states with no warranty

You can try to flash with pc odin 1.85 a GB rom with .pit file

Whats the function of this pit file?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

Cyrion said:
You can try to flash with pc odin 1.85 a GB rom with .pit file
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funky81 said:
Whats the function of this pit file?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
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I tried gb stock rom with pit file still getting stuck at "FACTORYFS.IMG" in Odin

Herk718 said:
I tried gb stock rom with pit file still getting stuck at "FACTORYFS.IMG" in Odin
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I think you are on "superbrick" member .
Just like me a couple days ago. SSC is your solution ... I think.

chantik said:
I think you are on "superbrick" member .
Just like me a couple days ago. SSC is your solution ... I think.
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Sorry 4 ya lost 2 don't worry bro these devs r good and I have faith in them. If there's a will there's a way they will make it happen trust.....

Herk718 said:
Sorry 4 ya lost 2 don't worry bro these devs r good and I have faith in them. If there's a will there's a way they will make it happen trust.....
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Yeaach ... you're right.
My Gnote already repaired by SSC 2 days ago .... n off course free of charge .
Now I use GB rom to have save state ... I'm on waiting for devs made some magic to our device

chantik said:
Yeaach ... you're right.
My Gnote already repaired by SSC 2 days ago .... n off course free of charge .
Now I use GB rom to have save state ... I'm on waiting for devs made some magic to our device
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Did you have a warranty? And where did u go?

If any of you with this brick can still flash kernels, try to flash the LPF CF-Root Kernel with CWM included. Then boot into CWM and within the "mounts and storage" menu, try to run the options "mount /system" and "mount /data". If i for myself try these two mounts, CWM tells me that it cannot find these two folders ("/system" and "/data").
btw: you can go back to original kernel by using the official method explained here
So in this case as some people here mentioned repartitioning within eMMC would manage getting around the bad areas/sectors within the chip by rearranging the partitions using ADB / ADB SHELL, i for myself cannot use ADB SHELL. What i definitely can do is connecting my Galaxy Note to the PC and also get a connection. But as soon as i try ADB SHELL, also ADB tells me something like "/system/bin/sh" not found.

Herk718, the problems you mention in your post are the exact same problems I had...and a lot more "members". I think I've tried every possible "solution" up until today, but without any luck. When it's up to me you can forget those posts advising you to flash this or flash that, it just won't work. Every PC Odin flash will stop at factoryfs.img (pit files won't work either)
As you actually said, we have to wait for a fix specific for this problem or bring you note to a SSC.

Herk718 said:
Did you have a warranty? And where did u go?
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Of course I have warranty ... but before go to SSC , I flash ICSKernelTest.tar with pc odin to make my binary counter to zero. I'm from Indon****.

Herk718 said:
I tried gb stock rom with pit file still getting stuck at "FACTORYFS.IMG" in Odin
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i guess there is some solution for this issue , which is use modified pit files
u will get ur note in working condition but few space lost, say 1-2 gb i guess.
search "
"PIT file method to revive your phone" in xda forum
i guess taz what u all lookin 4

greatjazz said:
i guess there is some solution for this issue , which is use modified pit files
u will get ur note in working condition but few space lost, say 1-2 gb i guess.
search "
"PIT file method to revive your phone" in xda forum
i guess taz what u all lookin 4
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If you have warranty get it. Best way in this condition
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA Premium App

nitrate said:
So in this case as some people here mentioned repartitioning within eMMC would manage getting around the bad areas/sectors within the chip by rearranging the partitions using ADB / ADB SHELL, i for myself cannot use ADB SHELL. What i definitely can do is connecting my Galaxy Note to the PC and also get a connection. But as soon as i try ADB SHELL, also ADB tells me something like "/system/bin/sh" not found.
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Your phone isnt rooted, so you getting this error, try flashing a pre-rooted kernel, i am not sure if it will root a bricked phone or not... no harm in trying : )
Edit: did you flash the kernel provided in forest's guide here post 12?
Flash that kernel, get into recovery mode, connect via adb, repartition, flash gb rom, flash angelom kernel to reset binary count, flash your rom's stock kernel again and claim warranty.
Herk try forest's guide, its got link to hg42's thread about the custom pit method.

simple way, get the firmware u want (preferably the oldset GB version) and download the pit files from this page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
then load the pit file with different regains ( 1024000 and 2560000kb worked with my note) and be sure u load 16 or 32gb accordingly.
same time load the firmware in pda , select re-partition option in odin and procceed.... start
good luck....
sometimes even u are sucessfull, the note will be stuck at a boot loop, wat i did was a factory reset at cwm recovery , do it at ur risk......(so its better to use GB firmware)

Herk718 said:
Hello, 2 make a long story short, I wipe data in cwm5 while on "CF-LPY KERNEL" on ICS(OFFICIAL RELEASE) . And now I can't flash stock rom from both ics & gingerbread. Keep getting stuck @ FACTORYFS.IMG in odin. And I can't access cwm5 anymore and whenever I turn my phone back on it reads " FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AND ISSUE, PLEASE GO TO RECOVERY IN KIES & AND TRY AGAIN". And kies is not recognizing my device any insight on this particular issue will help and be greatly appreciated, and one more thing, will a jtag service be beneficial in my situation or I have no choice but to get a new motherboard for my device? And where exactly can I purchase one being that I'm in the united states with no warranty
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Do it only on good hardware laptop
Flash pit file in odin ( admin mode)
After successs flash gb in pda
I am success to recover with this method
Or try hg42 method

Bricked Galaxy TAB 8.9 (GT-7300) - $20 reward for working solution

Hi,
So, I got a Samsung Galaxy TAB 8.9 (GT-7300) WiFi+3G. Nordic/European version. I have a long history of rooting and running custom ROM's on my Android devices, but this time i f##ed up a bit.
1. Installed root_original.zip from this thread by copying it on to the tablet and applying it from stock recovery.
2. Booted and installed Superuser and ROM Manager from Market.
3. Used ROM Manager to install CWM for Galaxy Tab 10.1 (Yes, I know...).
4. Tab would not boot, but I could still get in to download mode. Browsed some XDA threads and came across this guy who seemed to have the same problem. I did not see that he had a P7310 (WiFi only) tablet. So, I used Odin 1.85 to install the bootloader, which was for the P7310, not for P-7300. Now, the tablet boots but the display is just flickering, like it is using a wrong refresh rate or wrong resolution. Not at all possible to read anything, but I can still get into Download mode.
5. Installed stock rom from here, specifically this one: P7300XWLA2------2012 January----P7300NEELA1-----Nordic countries----
Still no luck. The tablet boots into Android but the display is still flickering.
$20 for anyone who gets me out of this mess

Can you come in recovery ?
Than try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1519564
There is an option in CWM under the mount and storage tab where stands mount usb connection click on that and move this to your tab after that install it
I hope it will work!

You could also try the Swedish firmware: http://hotfile.com/dl/146666862/13403b2/P7300XWKL4_P7300NSEKL1_NSE.zip.html
The NSE are usually pretty much the same as NEE with some swedish bloatware. Worth a try I guess.
Also see this guide for how to use Odin in case you did something wrong: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406137
One thing that I've noticed when flashing with Odin is that even if I check the F.reset checkbox it still does not do a factory reset (at least it did not do it for me). You should be able to do a factory reset using the stock recovery.
Oh and btw, my advice is for free.

Hi safariking,
I can get in to recovery, but I'm unable to read anything, as the display is just flickering. I would need a press-by-press guide in order to perform the steps correctly... :/

Thanks kallt_kaffe, I'll try the swedish firmware and follow the guide step-by-step

kallt_kaffe said:
You could also try the Swedish firmware: http://hotfile.com/dl/146666862/13403b2/P7300XWKL4_P7300NSEKL1_NSE.zip.html
The NSE are usually pretty much the same as NEE with some swedish bloatware. Worth a try I guess.
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Installs correctly but does not fix my display problem.
kallt_kaffe said:
Also see this guide for how to use Odin in case you did something wrong: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406137
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I followed the guide step-by-step. No errors occured during flashing.
kallt_kaffe said:
One thing that I've noticed when flashing with Odin is that even if I check the F.reset checkbox it still does not do a factory reset (at least it did not do it for me). You should be able to do a factory reset using the stock recovery.
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I can't really verify the factory reset. I can get into stock recovery, but the display is still rubbish so I can't do a manual factory reset.
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Oh and btw, my advice is for free.
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I voted for you guys in ESC so I guess we're even
I have attached a photo of the tab in stock recovery so you can see what's wrong. This happens no matter if I start normally, recovery or download mode.

snubbel said:
Installs correctly but does not fix my display problem.
I followed the guide step-by-step. No errors occured during flashing.
I can't really verify the factory reset. I can get into stock recovery, but the display is still rubbish so I can't do a manual factory reset.
I voted for you guys in ESC so I guess we're even
I have attached a photo of the tab in stock recovery so you can see what's wrong. This happens no matter if I start normally, recovery or download mode.
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Wooow that looks not good man i think you must return it back to samsung
you can run a logcat maybe

snubbel said:
I have attached a photo of the tab in stock recovery so you can see what's wrong. This happens no matter if I start normally, recovery or download mode.
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If you turn it off and charge it, is the charging-mode-display also distorted?
Also if I were you I would leave it on in download or recovery mode and let the battery drain completely. Worth a shot I guess.

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If you turn it off and charge it, is the charging-mode-display also distorted?
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If I turn it off it automatically turns back on and boots Android. So I can't see if the "charging while turned off" icon is also distorted.
kallt_kaffe said:
Also if I were you I would leave it on in download or recovery mode and let the battery drain completely. Worth a shot I guess.
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I left it in download mode last night, it's still turned on. I'll let the battery drain and see what happens when I connect the charger.
When I flash a complete ROM with Odin (e.g. the Swedish ROM you suggested) - is there anything left to flash that could be causing this? If I were to return the tablet to the dealer, will there be any evidence of dumb-user-flashing?

snubbel said:
When I flash a complete ROM with Odin (e.g. the Swedish ROM you suggested) - is there anything left to flash that could be causing this? If I were to return the tablet to the dealer, will there be any evidence of dumb-user-flashing?
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I honestly do not know.

Have you tried flashing the PIT file (in the PIT section) along with the ODIN image (in the PDA section)? You can download the PIT file so you can click on Repartition, right here. It's a very small file. Be sure you have F.Reset Time checkmarked too. Best of lucks.

If you flash a bootloader for P7310 so when you trying to flash P7300 ROM with odin, the bootloader will mapping all file just like P7310 with their partition Layout.. I think the pit file is not the solution..
First you need turn back the bootloader to original form.. I dont know where I can find P7300 bootloader..
After you finish with the bootloader, try to install P7300 Stock rom, with pit file and repartition..
I dont know if this post will help you.. but it worth to try..
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maybe you can use firmware from P7300ZSKH5 from this link
This file include with bootloader and pit file..
Flash with Odin like image below
Sorry for my english..

nirogu325 said:
Have you tried flashing the PIT file (in the PIT section) along with the ODIN image (in the PDA section)? You can download the PIT file so you can click on Repartition, right here. It's a very small file. Be sure you have F.Reset Time checkmarked too. Best of lucks.
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Re-partitioning with the PIT file along with the ROM did not help :/

suwandiapr said:
If you flash a bootloader for P7310 so when you trying to flash P7300 ROM with odin, the bootloader will mapping all file just like P7310 with their partition Layout.. I think the pit file is not the solution..
First you need turn back the bootloader to original form.. I dont know where I can find P7300 bootloader..
After you finish with the bootloader, try to install P7300 Stock rom, with pit file and repartition..
I dont know if this post will help you.. but it worth to try..
EDIT:
maybe you can use firmware from P7300ZSKH5 from this link
This file include with bootloader and pit file..
Flash with Odin like image below
Sorry for my english..
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Thanks for your suggestion, but unfortunately: no luck.
Just to be sure this isn't a compatibility issue on my computer, I set up a clean install Win7. I'm using x64, could this be an issue?

snubbel said:
Thanks for your suggestion, but unfortunately: no luck.
Just to be sure this isn't a compatibility issue on my computer, I set up a clean install Win7. I'm using x64, could this be an issue?
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As long as you have the right drivers installed, no. That's my setup.

I had a similar issue. It occured only when I turned display off and on, both in android and in battery charging mode while powered off. I just went back to the store and got it replaced. xD
Anyway the flickering began to show up after flashing 3.2 back from a 4.0 rom... So I think there was something wrong with the bootloader.. Didnt find any tar file containing the original bootloader.. Perhaps someone here can make it for you

hey,
i got same problem after i tried to install cm9. now i cant install nothing (i formated cash, data, system and preload) no data factory reset working. i have nonstop bootloops and format cache and dalvik not working but cwm ist starting but not working really. but can start download mode too ... so i think its not a super-brick for my gt 7300 from switzerland.
so, i will try to download from samMobile the original firmware and to flash with odin. anybody knows a tutorial with odin for gt 7300? cant find nothing for pit, csc, tar ...
please help me
thx sophie from switzerland

suwandiapr said:
If you flash a bootloader for P7310 so when you trying to flash P7300 ROM with odin, the bootloader will mapping all file just like P7310 with their partition Layout.. I think the pit file is not the solution..
First you need turn back the bootloader to original form.. I dont know where I can find P7300 bootloader..
After you finish with the bootloader, try to install P7300 Stock rom, with pit file and repartition..
I dont know if this post will help you.. but it worth to try..
EDIT:
maybe you can use firmware from P7300ZSKH5 from this link
This file include with bootloader and pit file..
Flash with Odin like image below
Sorry for my english..
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I have to say, I was about to send the tablet to samsung, it was dead, no rom, no boot, no partition, no USB connection to store, what save me was the Odin up load that you recommended me, the tablet was really crashed.
I Think that is a sollution for actually almost any problem on the tablet (a complete format, sure, but still a good solution for ROM problems).
anyway, Many Thanks!!!!!!

Newbie try to help.
Have you try to install another CMW version using odin? Maybe it's caused by wrong CMW version. Try CMW v5.5.0.4 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312218

can access CWM but stuck at Samsung galaxy logo

Really need the expert here to help me out.
I restored my phone to rooted ICS stocked Rom, but get stuck in the samsung logo.
I have tried to flash the phone with the ICS stock Rom by odin but stuck at factoryfs.img, then I try to flash the phone with pre-rooted GB but stuck at the NAND Write Start.
any help is much appreciated !!

eecmp said:
Really need the expert here to help me out.
I restored my phone to rooted ICS stocked Rom, but get stuck in the samsung logo.
I have tried to flash the phone with the ICS stock Rom by odin but stuck at factoryfs.img, then I try to flash the phone with pre-rooted GB but stuck at the NAND Write Start.
any help is much appreciated !!
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Sorry, but this seems to be the brick bug. So you didn't read and followe the warnings in all the stickies, right?
So maybe a good point for starting to read about brick bug here (this isn't meant sarcastic).
Easy help or solution isn't possible. You could try with your Samsung warranty.

Have you ever wiped on stock ICS ?

eecmp said:
Really need the expert here to help me out.
I restored my phone to rooted ICS stocked Rom, but get stuck in the samsung logo.
I have tried to flash the phone with the ICS stock Rom by odin but stuck at factoryfs.img, then I try to flash the phone with pre-rooted GB but stuck at the NAND Write Start.
any help is much appreciated !!
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If u ever made a nandroid backup and on a safe kernel.. try restore ..... it worked for me....

dr.ketan said:
Have you ever wiped on stock ICS ?
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No, I didn't wiped anything on stock ICS.
What I did before is to is to use CWM.zip to root the stock ICS and then flash to Criskelo ICS ROM
it went very well and I don't find any problem.
before after using CWM.zip to flash a different kernel (speedmod), it stuck at the logo screen.
please help me Dr. ketan

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nokiamodeln91 said:
If u ever made a nandroid backup and on a safe kernel.. try restore ..... it worked for me....
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I can restored to my backup , which is right after i root the stock ICS rom by using CWM.zip
But it just stuck at the logo screen after restoration
any idea ? thanks

ThaiDai said:
Sorry, but this seems to be the brick bug. So you didn't read and followe the warnings in all the stickies, right?
So maybe a good point for starting to read about brick bug here (this isn't meant sarcastic).
Easy help or solution isn't possible. You could try with your Samsung warranty.
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Yes, you're right, I'm such a idiot
and I don't have the samsung warranty ~:crying:

eecmp said:
Yes, you're right, I'm such a idiot
and I don't have the samsung warranty ~:crying:
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It seems u were using a temp CWM.zip to do all these... hmmm... donot use it..
what kernel are u using... ??? install speedmod and go to CWM and try a wipe... u mite get a yellow triangle.. but then use triangle away later

nokiamodeln91 said:
It seems u were using a temp CWM.zip to do all these... hmmm... donot use it..
what kernel are u using... ??? install speedmod and go to CWM and try a wipe... u mite get a yellow triangle.. but then use triangle away later
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Yes , I learnt the lesson of not using the temp CWM.zip.
after I restored my phone, it should be in the default stock kernel .
Are you suggesting I use Odin to install a "safe" kernel , for example , "SpeedMod K3-13 for Odin" and try a wipe?

eecmp said:
Yes , I learnt the lesson of not using the temp CWM.zip.
after I restored my phone, it should be in the default stock kernel .
Are you suggesting I use Odin to install a "safe" kernel , for example , "SpeedMod K3-13 for Odin" and try a wipe?
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Yes... u can use PC odin and the tar file of speedmod in PDA to change the kernel... moreover when u install the speedmod u get CWM automatically
PS: not a 100% guarantee of success

nokiamodeln91 said:
Yes... u can use PC odin and the tar file of speedmod in PDA to change the kernel... moreover when u install the speedmod u get CWM automatically
PS: not a 100% guarantee of success
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thanks for the instructions, let me try it and cross my fiingers ~

eecmp said:
thanks for the instructions, let me try it and cross my fiingers ~
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it stuck at "Formating /data" :crying:

U mean to say the kernel isn't flashing successfully

nokiamodeln91 said:
U mean to say the kernel isn't flashing successfully
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no, the kernel flash successfully with the triangle, then i try wipe , it stuck at "Formating /data"
what should I do now ?

Really running out of options.... But either try a nand backup now or flash a pre rooted gb rom from Dr ketans post....

nokiamodeln91 said:
Really running out of options.... But either try a nand backup now or flash a pre rooted gb rom from Dr ketans post....
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should I try this one using the pit ? thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886

eecmp said:
should I try this one using the pit ? thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
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I think this one is when you are sure shot brick, may be you should first try flashing rooted GB rom using odin and if that too didn't work, try the method in your link. You can find rooted GB in my sig.

eecmp said:
should I try this one using the pit ? thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
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Ya as jeetu said,, just try a GB rom for now...

jeetu1981 said:
I think this one is when you are sure shot brick, may be you should first try flashing rooted GB rom using odin and if that too didn't work, try the method in your link. You can find rooted GB in my sig.
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Finally , PIT method as mention in the link works !!!
I got the rooted GB in my Note back in life now ! although I lost 5 GB after pit. it's better than a expensive paperweight before !
by the way, is there any way to restore the data that I have backup in stock ICS without bricks the note again ?
thanks

eecmp said:
Finally , PIT method as mention in the link works !!!
I got the rooted GB in my Note back in life now ! although I lost 5 GB after pit. it's better than a expensive paperweight before !
by the way, is there any way to restore the data that I have backup in stock ICS without bricks the note again ?
thanks
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Great!! how did you backup? If it is nandroid then do not try to restore on GB and if TB or any other app then you can restore one by one, except system apps.

[Q][Solved] The system and data partitions are corrupt..should i goto service center?

So i found out about the ICS kernels issue a little bit too late :crying:
and now the /system and /data partitions can't be mounted nor formatted...so it's pretty much safe to say they are corrupt.
My question is: do service centers have the tools to completely restore the lost memory ? or should i proceed with searching for some workarounds via odin?
I am out of my warranty but willing to pay if the service center is caoable of completely fixing the issue WITHOUT replacing the motherboard?
Any help is much appreciated.
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Now after seven days of this post..i have tried a zillion solutions and the one that actually worked is pit file and instructions by forest 1971 on the 15th comment
But sadly i lost 3 Gigabytes of my memory after this

What do you mean you are out of warranty
If your flash counter is increased,you can reset it
And i dont think it can be fixed without motherboard replacement

@OP
question to you: are you still able to work your way to download mode /recovery mode? you say "workarounds with ODIN" <--- just what exactly do you mean by that?

Should do some partition scan to make sure it is partition damage. Given your wipe using ics and the symptoms it is most likely the case of emmc brick. No way to fix it yet. Only two solutions, repartition workaround or change mobo.
Sent from my phone

I agree, go to the link (just saw it on Xda portal awhile back, congrats to hg42 for his tremendous effort for his contributions and forest as well) --- http://www.xda-developers.com/android/partition-scanner-helps-your-emmc-bricked-devices/

forest1971 said:
Should do some partition scan to make sure it is partition damage. Given your wipe using ics and the symptoms it is most likely the case of emmc brick. No way to fix it yet. Only two solutions, repartition workaround or change mobo.
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Nope i don't think it's the emmc partition because it can be mounted so i don't think it's damaged. Are you sure the service center can't do more than changing the mobo?
letters_to_cleo said:
@OP
question to you: are you still able to work your way to download mode /recovery mode? you say "workarounds with ODIN" <--- just what exactly do you mean by that?
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I could get to download mode and recovery mode then i tried to repartition using odin -a pit file-but it froze during the flashing process...so i lost access to recovery mode but not download.
workarounds with Odin means repartitioning my internal memory to have another /data & /system instead of the damaged ones
rajsekhar.300 said:
What do you mean you are out of warranty
If your flash counter is increased,you can reset it
And i dont think it can be fixed without motherboard replacement
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Nope that's not what i mean -my flash counter is still 0- it's just that i bought my phone from another country and the warranty is only valid in that country bu not here...so i am without warranty right now...and it sucks ALOT

try to see first if you can flash one of the files from the link- http://www.xda-developers.com/android/partition-scanner-helps-your-emmc-bricked-devices/ to scan your partition. See to it if you have or don't have one of those damn brick blocks inside your phone.

Amr Shibiny said:
Nope i don't think it's the emmc partition because it can be mounted so i don't think it's damaged. Are you sure the service center can't do more than changing the mobo?
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The term emmc brick just refer to brick cause by the buggy kernel which cause damage to some partition such as system or data or usb storage (that is part of the emmc).
if you can get to recovery then try to use the scanner from hg42 to identify area of damage, as suggested by Cleo. Maybe flash a custom kernel could help to get into recovery again.
Also, it seemed you have used a custom pit file could you give more detail which one you have used?

So i took my phone to service center and they told me the only thing they can di is changing the Mother board.
I took my phone home for further debugging and tried that memory scanner by hg42 only to find that i need the recovery mode to perform that scan
My recovery mode was lost due to an incomplete bootloader flashing
i falshed many kernels and flashed the same bootloader again but nothing seems to work
Any suggestions for good bootloaders? remember my phone is an ICS GT-N7000

Amr Shibiny said:
So i took my phone to service center and they told me the only thing they can di is changing the Mother board.
I took my phone home for further debugging and tried that memory scanner by hg42 only to find that i need the recovery mode to perform that scan
My recovery mode was lost due to an incomplete bootloader flashing
i falshed many kernels and flashed the same bootloader again but nothing seems to work
Any suggestions for good bootloaders? remember my phone is an ICS GT-N7000
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If you really think there is a problem with wrong bootloader, then can try to flash the correct one from Dr.Ketan's toolbox below. There are both gb and ics version. I think using gb bootloader is ok.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801341
Then download and flash a kernel in .tar format using PC odin.
For ICS: flash hydracore standard kernel from link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749863
For GB: flash 4-pda kernel from this link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?smwswkxwa3u3p4s
after flash kernel try to get into recovery using the three button.
see how it goes.

forest1971 said:
If you really think there is a problem with wrong bootloader, then can try to flash the correct one from Dr.Ketan's toolbox below. There are both gb and ics version. I think using gb bootloader is ok.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801341
Then download and flash a kernel in .tar format using PC odin.
For ICS: flash hydracore standard kernel from link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749863
For GB: flash 4-pda kernel from this link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?smwswkxwa3u3p4s
after flash kernel try to get into recovery using the three button.
see how it goes.
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After further reading in similar posts i am starting to think the bootloader isn't the problem....but the problem is i can't think of any other reason. It's definitely not the rom since there is not even a system partition right now and it isn't the kernel because i tried many (speedmod, franco...) and got no response. Any ideas?
Any way, I'll give it a shot using these links..hope it works

forest1971 said:
If you really think there is a problem with wrong bootloader, then can try to flash the correct one from Dr.Ketan's toolbox below. There are both gb and ics version. I think using gb bootloader is ok.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801341
Then download and flash a kernel in .tar format using PC odin.
For ICS: flash hydracore standard kernel from link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749863
For GB: flash 4-pda kernel from this link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?smwswkxwa3u3p4s
after flash kernel try to get into recovery using the three button.
see how it goes.
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Well, the problem wasn't the boot loader after all
Tried all that and didn't work. I still can't access recovery mode on my device.
I tried usb debugging but there seems to be something wrong with the "adb shell" command. Whenever i write it it shoes a black screen on cmd..when i try to write something it's written without '#' or '$' in the beginning and when i press Enter the line i wrote is rewrote again and that's it. What does this mean?
Right now i need any help available to get either recovery mode or adb to work
thanks in advance

It seems you have tried to connect adb while the phone is in download mode, so it will not work. Adb requires the phone in recovery mode, which is still the problem so far.
I would try to flash the original pit file from dr.ketan toolbox, together with one of the above kernel again. see how it goes.
Sent from my phone

forest1971 said:
It seems you have tried to connect adb while the phone is in download mode, so it will not work. Adb requires the phone in recovery mode, which is still the problem so far.
I would try to flash the original pit file from dr.ketan toolbox, together with one of the above kernel again. see how it goes.
Sent from my phone
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Nope..no effect
I tried it once with <repartition> ticked and another without it being ticked
I think you should know too that when i type "adb devices" the result is : "<big number> recovery". I don't know if this means i have recovery or it's just nonsense.

Amr Shibiny said:
Nope..no effect
I tried it once with <repartition> ticked and another without it being ticked
I think you should know too that when i type "adb devices" the result is : "<big number> recovery". I don't know if this means i have recovery or it's just nonsense.
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in that case try to type in CMD:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
see if it has any effect (to reboot phone in recovery).
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If it does nothing, then I would now try to flash the custom pit from hg42 in the file attached (unzip it first to get .pit file), together with a suitable stock rom from dr.ketan thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997) and repartition box checked.
This PIT will leave the former system and data partition unused. after flash, try to get into recovery and wipe and try to boot normally. see how it goes.
Note: to make sure to avoid unsafe ICS kernel, should always use gb rom for reviving the phone and only upgrade to ics when it is working.

forest1971 said:
in that case try to type in CMD:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
see if it has any effect (to reboot phone in recovery).
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If it does nothing, then I would now try to flash the custom pit from hg42 in the file attached (unzip it first to get .pit file), together with a suitable stock rom from dr.ketan thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997) and repartition box checked.
This PIT will leave the former system and data partition unused. after flash, try to get into recovery and wipe and try to boot normally. see how it goes.
Note: to make sure to avoid unsafe ICS kernel, should always use gb rom for reviving the phone and only upgrade to ics when it is working.
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It Worked!!! It f***ing Worked !!
Now my phone is back to business...but it lost 3 Gigabytes of memory right now
Thanks a billion for your patience forest1971
So is there anything not allowed after this solution? like rerooting, flashing via odin, flashing via cwm or downgrading to Android 2.3?
and btw just to understand more...why did you specifically give me this pit file? this is from hg42's collection, right? there are a lot of files in this collection and one should be chosen based on the result of the memory scanners, right? How did you know that's the one for me?

Amr Shibiny said:
It Worked!!! It f***ing Worked !!
Now my phone is back to business...but it lost 3 Gigabytes of memory right now
Thanks a billion for your patience forest1971
So is there anything not allowed after this solution? like rerooting, flashing via odin, flashing via cwm or downgrading to Android 2.3?
and btw just to understand more...why did you specifically give me this pit file? this is from hg42's collection, right? there are a lot of files in this collection and one should be chosen based on the result of the memory scanners, right? How did you know that's the one for me?
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Good to know you made it !
You can do all things as before. Hope it will be running well.
I helped cases before, so can pick a suitable pit file !
Sent from my phone

forest1971 said:
Good to know you made it !
You can do all things as before. Hope it will be running well.
I helped cases before, so can pick a suitable pit file !
Sent from my phone
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I see
Do you know too the best way to downgrade?
Don't want to mess it up again

Amr Shibiny said:
I see
Do you know too the best way to downgrade?
Don't want to mess it up again
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The best way is using PC odin to flash pre-rooted gb rom from dr.ketan:
http://d-h.st/HJM
Or you can flash other stock gb rom which is suitable for your country from Dr ketan' thread as well (post 2)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
Using gb rom with a custom kernel such as FM or Abyssnote seem to work well, smooth and no problem. Or you can use some custom gb rom such as rocket v22 or other gb custom rom from link below:
http://rootgalaxynote.com/category/galaxy-note-roms/page/4/
cheers.

forest1971 said:
The best way is using PC odin to flash pre-rooted gb rom from dr.ketan:
http://d-h.st/HJM
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But this is a .img file...i searched for the way of flashing it and i found i should use fastboot. For some reason fastboot isn't working. Is there a way of flashing it via Odin?